Griddle-cake turner



(No Model.)

0. E. MIGKEL. GRIDDLE CAKE TURNER. No. 583,068. Patented May 25, 1897.

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ORRIN E. MIOKEL, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

GRlDDLE-CAKE TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,068, dated May 25,1897.

Application filed October 24, 1895. Serial No. 566,696. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, ORRIN E. MIoKEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Haverhill,

in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Turners for Griddle-Cakes and otherArticles, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements upon an invention for anapparatus for turning griddle-cakes, for which application for LettersPatent was made by William L. Dodge, said application being datedFebruary 26, 1895. In the application of said Dodge the turner can beoperated in one direction only; and the present invention consists in soconstructing said turner that it can be operated in either direction,thus making it applicable for both right and left handed persons.

The invention is practically the same as that described in the aforesaidapplication except that in the former case one end of the wire handle isbent down, so that the turner can be operated only in one direction bythe compression of the handle, whereas by the present invention the endof the handle is formed with a shoulder and after being passed throughthe hole is riveted over, so that the turner can be operated in eitherdirection, according to the will of the operator, as hereinafter fullydescribed, and set forth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan ortop view of a turner for griddle-cakes and the like embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side view of same. Fig. 3 is a rear view of theturned-up plate before the handle is inserted therein. Fig. 4 is a sideview with the handle compressed and the blade turned to the right on itsaxis. Fig. 5 is a similar View with the blade turned to the left.

A represents the plate or blade. B is a small turned-up plate, that isto say, a plate bent at right angles, to the lower portion of which theplate or blade A is secured. This plate is also formed with a sleeve 1),supported by a bracket'c, all formed from one piece of metal. It is alsoformed with a hole e on the opposite side to that of the sleeve 7). (SeeFig. 3.)

O is a handle formed of bent wire, one end of which is inserted into thesleeve b, and the other end f is formed with a shoulder, the reducedportion being passed through the hole 6 in the plate B and riveted over,thus holding the handle to the plate, so that the-blade A can be turnedin either direction (right or left) at the will of the operator bypressing up one side of the handle, according to the direction it isintended to turn the blade. By

thus compressing the handle 0 the plate or blade A will be turned nearlycompletely over, the fulcrum of the blade A being the center between thetwo ends of the wire handle 0. Thus the cake or other article upon theplate A can be turned over in either direction and deposited upon thegriddle or pan in the same place that it formerly occupied, but with theother side up. Upon releasing the pressure upon the handle the platewill assume its normal position and be ready to take up another cake orother article.

What I claim is 1. Aturner for griddle-cakes and other articlesconsisting of a flat blade, a plate secured to the rear of said blade,and bent at right angles and having a sleeve formed on one side and ahole on the opposite side aspring-handle connected thereto as described,whereby the blade can be turned in either direction upon an axisparallel with the center of the handle upon the latter being compressedsubstantially as set forth.

2. A turner for griddle-cakes and other articles consisting of a flatblade, a plate secured at the rear of said blade and bent at rightangles and having a sleeve formed on one side and a hole on the oppositeside, and a springwire handle one end of which is inserted into saidsleeve, the other end being formed with a shoulder and passed throughsaid hole in the plate and riveted over to hold same in place, butfreeto turn, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 17th day of April, A. D.1895.

ORRIN E. MICKEL.

